CVE-2012-3359
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the...
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the __ac session cookie, which allows attackers to gain privileges by accessing this cookie. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT due to different vulnerability types. Use CVE-2013-7347 for the incorrect enforcement of a user timeout.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the __ac session cookie, which allows attackers to gain privileges by accessing this cookie. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT due to different vulnerability types. Use CVE-2013-7347 for the incorrect enforcement of a user timeout.
- Record
CVE-2012-3359- CVSS 2.0
- 3.7 Low
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the __ac session cookie, which allows attackers to gain privileges by accessing this cookie. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT due to different vulnerability types. Use CVE-2013-7347 for the incorrect enforcement of a user timeout.
- Record
CVE-2012-3359- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3336 No score
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the __ac session cookie, which allows attackers to gain privileges by accessing this cookie. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT due to different vulnerability types. Use CVE-2013-7347 for the incorrect enforcement of a user timeout.
- Record
EUVD-2012-3336- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-865x-x787-2cjj No score
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the...
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the __ac session cookie, which allows attackers to gain privileges by accessing this cookie. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT due to different vulnerability types. Use CVE-2013-7347 for the incorrect enforcement of a user timeout.
- Record
GHSA-865x-x787-2cjj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
congaRed Hat:rhel_cluster:5 |
before 0:0.12.2-64.el5 | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |
conga-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_cluster:5 |
before 0:0.12.2-64.el5 | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |
luciRed Hat:rhel_cluster:5 |
before 0:0.12.2-64.el5 | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |
ricciRed Hat:rhel_cluster:5 |
before 0:0.12.2-64.el5 | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-3359 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.7) in Redhat Conga, published March 30, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in conga 0:0.12.2-64.el5.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607179
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0128.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3359
github.com/advisories/GHSA-865x-x787-2cjj
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0128
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security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_0128.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3359